With Irene hopefully now properly tamed, Seth went back to the jewelry in his palm, he could feel that there was something alive within the glass, but whatever it was, it was hiding away from him.
"I have released them" the voice of Irene spoke, taking Seth's focus off the glass and back to her, but thankfully he didn't seem displeased.
"Okay," Seth said, looking at the place where the three captured women once were, but now there was only one person.
The presence of Dilise had Seth raising an eyebrow as he had expected Minuha to take everyone away given that she hadn't been under attack, or had she, Seth thought and looked up at Irene, the woman bowing her head as she dared not meet his gaze.
"Let's go" Seth did and began walking away, Irene following behind him, but they hadn't walked for up to a minute before Seth stopped and turned back.
"What are you doing back there," Seth asked, his word jolting Dilise who had remained standing behind, the woman looking at Seth with narrowed eyes but a still slightly shivering body.
"Come," Seth said, but Dilise didn't make a move.
"Should I come and carry you myself?" Seth asked, and like they were magic words, they had the woman immediately begin moving towards him, until she was just two steps away from Iren who was behind Seth.
Nodding his head, Seth turned around and continued his stroll, but his followers from behind were left at an impasse as neither of them wanted to have the other at their back, so in the end, they decide to walk in parallel with each other as they followed Seth, though they made sure to keep as much distance between themselves as possible.
At this point, the chaos caused by Seth's earlier punch had long since died off, though some of the lights which once lit up the passageway were destroyed, the ones still working provided enough light for Seth and his gang to watch where they were going.
"Do you know the way?" a voice asked, the owner of the voice surprising Seth as he had thought that he had tamed her into a fearful obedient puppy.
"No I don't," Seth said, turning to face Irene who was looking directly at him with clenched fists.
"I see, is there any particular reason why you're leading us forward then," she asked in a not too happy tone.
"No, I just thought walking forward is better than idly sitting around".
Irene had truly been scared by Seth's stunt from earlier, but now as she thought over it, she realized that Seth hadn't been going for life but for her hand, and like a lioness wishing to protect its cubs she braved through the fear of Seth attacking her once more and began questioning him, and just like she feared, it seemed Seth had actually just doomed them.
"Do you have any plans for us getting out of here or any kind of plan at all?" Irene pressed for answers, and this time her question got Seth's full attention as he stopped and turned to face her.
"I do have plans, but seeing as nothing has happened so far, it seems it has likely failed," Seth said," but a second later, a smile claimed his face as he said" Or not, seems my plan worked well".
After speaking Seth continued walking forward, his words, not making sense to either of the women, but they quickly followed after him, and it wasn't up to a minute later that pool of shadow appeared some few steps ahead of them, the figure of Minuha and a screaming and shivering Ella coagulating out of it.
"Please help her" Minuha screamed, running and falling to her knees before Seth while an almost naked Ella lay behind her, the woman bleeding from her nose.
As Seth walked near, Ella's trembling lessened, with her scream rapidly dying off, her heavy breathing soon the only sound that could be heard from her.
Minuha seeing that Ella had somehow gotten better immediately rushed back towards her, probably wishing to grab the woman and once more disappear, but as her hands reached for her, Ella slapped them away and sent the woman a glare.
By the time Seth was just before her, Ella was already pushing herself up to her feet, with Minuha beside her and assisting her up.
Seth quietly watched Ella stand up, the woman lifting her head and staring at him with her blood-filled eyes, still heavily breathing from her earlier happenings.
Seth entertained her gaze for a few seconds before continuing forward, but before he could leave Ella's vicinity, her arm reached out and her hands grabbed his left arm, holding it and squeezing it as best as she could, and then she spoke,
"Give me my necklace".
"Hmm," said Seth, seeming to give her request or demand some thought, and in the end, he finally turned to her and said,
"I have never seen a princess dance, why don't you give me a performance later, if you do well, I'll give you back your necklace," Seth said and continued walking, easily pulling his arms out of Ella's grip.
"I can dance now" Ella shouted almost a second later, pushing herself off Minuha and standing on her own.
"Princess you can't, your body still isn't recovered," Minuha said, moving to hold Ella, but Ella pushed her away.
Hearing Ella's words, Seth turned and stared at the determined woman, and then moved to a corner, waiting to see what the woman had in store, and it didn't take long before she began moving.
Watching Ella dance had Seth going down memory lane just to ensure that he wasn't a sadist, and thankfully he had no memory of ever being one, though the incident with the Moroc city's governor did cut a close call, but that had all been Alice.
Watching Ella try to gracefully move but keep on falling down had Seth looking away from the sad performance.
"Just stop, try another time," Seth said his attention going back to the glass, yet when he still heard another fall he couldn't help but look up, the woman was desperately biting her lips as she struggled to push herself back up, her eyes all tearful, and to Seth's surprise, every woman which comprised of everyone was looking at him angrily, like he was some great bully picking on a weak defenseless girl.
'" Just give her back her necklace," Irene said, but Seth merely sent her a glance before taking his attention back to the necklace.
The sad scene of a girl trying to dance but falling at it as her muscles were sore, stiff, and full of cramps went on for some time, but it didn't go on for long as the passageway suddenly lit up in bright blue light and when everyone turned to its source, they saw Seth completely enshrouded in Azure blue flames.
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